LOCAL STORIES

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine's highest court has overturned a lower court judge's ruling that a state law that authorized game wardens to stop all-terrain vehicle operators without cause was unconstitutional.

SCARBOROUGH (NEWS CENTER) - Each year workers at the Worcester Wreath Company in Harrington load thousands of wreaths onto trucks to be shipped to Arlington National Cemetery.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER)-- Court papers released are shedding new light on the murder case against a man accused of killing his girlfriend.

SCARBOROUGH (NEWS CENTER) -- Researchers at Maine Medical Center's Research Institute are using interactive computer programming to help people become informed and make healthier lifestyle choices.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) - Family members say 47-year old Marion Shea lived a tragic life.

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) Maine is facing a budget shortfall of about $400,000,000. Finance Commissioner Ryan Low is working with the Governor to find cuts to balance the budget.

GLENBURN (NEWS CENTER)--a Glenburn woman is raising money to help train a service dog for a little boy with spina bifida.
ROCHESTER, NH (NEWS CENTER) - The man who touched off the state's first Amber Alert will be returned to Maine to face charges here.

MEDWAY (NEWS CENTER)--The State Fire Marshal's Office says a man has been arrested and charged with arson for a series of fires in Medway.
ELLSWORTH (NEWS CENTER)-- The newest Goodwill store had a Grand Opening celebration Friday morning.

BAILEYVILLE (NEWS CENTER)-- Police arrested a man for assaulting the police chief of the Baileyville Police Department Wednesday morning.
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER)-- People who eat at the Texas Roadhouse Friday night will be waited on by members of the Bangor Police Department.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER)-- The Maine State Building and Construction Trades Council is addressing the issue of misclassified workers.

(NEWS CENTER)-- People in the midcoast area will get the chance to get rid of some old medications.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- With a $300-to-$400 million budget hole looming, Gov. John Baldacci is planning to order Maine state departments to curtail spending.
AUGUSTA (AP) -- Safety officials say Maine's highway death toll for the year remains below 2008, which was the safest year on the state's roads since 1959.
ORONO (NEWS CENTER)-- The importance of the arts was on display in orono today. Students from eight area grammar schools were invited to Orono High School to see a performance of Cinderella.

BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Students at the Fairmount School in Bangor got a lesson in abstract art from a pro.

AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) -- The city of Auburn has its holiday tree in place.

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine's chief justice says the judicial branch in the state of Maine is already bare bones, and it's about to get worse.